With some good business already done at West Ham, they can’t rest on deadline day, and need a couple more faces to finish off the job.

Panic or peaceful? – All quiet on the East End front. The club have made it clear that there’s no money for anyone new to be brought in unless people leave. Not many players are being touted around, and those that are are hardly ones carrying big price tags who would make a significant budgetary difference, so any fans hanging around the club car park in the hope of getting on television as a surprise new arrival is whisked through the gates to sign are likely to be wasting their time. Much like those whose teams do actually sign someone, come to think of it.

What we need – Another striker. As simple as that. Sam Allardyce and the club’s owners have gone big on signing Andy Carroll in the summer for a club record fee, so they can’t be faulted for positivity, but despite Allardyce’s protestations to the contrary, there’s a worrying feeling that Carroll is more unlucky than most on the injury front, so having blown all the budget on him and placing so much expectation on his shoulders (somewhere he has yet to pick up an injury – yet being the key word) is a calculated risk.

Who to keep – With the club being a bit more stable at the moment than it has been in recent years, I don’t see us coming under any pressure or subject to any sudden last-minute raids. James Tomkins has been linked with Newcastle on a regular basis in recent times, though, but as he captained the side in the recent Capital One Cup win over Cheltenham, that would suggest he’s unlikely to be going anywhere.

Best chance of controversy – Goings are more likely than comings, and even they look fairly thin on the ground, but one name that has bubbled around as a potential signing – or rather re-signing – is Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe. Let’s keep it clean and say his return would provoke strong debate among fans.

Wheeler-dealer rating – For the club, 4/10 – West Ham’s most memorable piece of deadline day action was somehow finding themselves in possession of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano in 2006. Whether that was memorable for the right reasons, however, is a matter of opinion.